Roller-skate.



v wibvwdaeo No. 834,526. v PATENTED OCT. 30, 1906.

' H. R. JONES. ROLLER .K TB APPLIOATIOH FILED JULY18I1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Till uoluus PETER! co., WASHINGTON, n. :4

HOBERT R. JONES, or KANSAS c1TY, MISSOURI.

ROLLER-SKATE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906. 1

Application filed July 18, 1905- Serial No. 270.265.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, HOBERT R. JoNEs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county ofJackson, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Roller-Skates and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable-othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. IThis invention relates to roller-skates.

, One object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive,durable, and eflicient skate of the cycle variety.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a skatehaving. wheels arranged in tandem, the wheels being so mounted thattheymay be readily adjusted toward and away from each other.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a skate of suchcharacter that the parts forming the complete skate may be readilyassembled and disassembled for cleaning or other purposes.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the ac- T companying drawings, and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understoodthat changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may bemade withinthe scope of the claims without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the present invention[ In thedrawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a topplan view. Fig. 3-is a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 4 is a rearend view.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, thereference character 1 designates a foot-plate .havingoppositely-disposedslots 2 and 3 formed at its rear or heel end and pairs of alining slots4 and 5 at its forward or toe end.

each of the slots 2 and 3, a nut 8 being se' cured to the lower ends ofthe said fastenings to prevent accidental disengagement thereof. It willbe observed that opposite sides of the heel-socket 6 each have a pair ofslots 9 for the reception of the ankle-straps 10, which converge towardeach other and are connected at their upper ends to a ring 11, to whichlatter is secured the fastening-strap 12. The ankle and fastening strapspass upon opposite sides of the foot, with the fastening-straps 12fastened together by means of a suitable buckle 13.

Pivotally mounted in slots 14 at the edge of the forward or toe portionof the foot-plate 1 are oppositely-disposed hinge-plates 15, each plate15 having a slot 16 formed in its outer edge for the reception of thetoe-straps y 17, which latter are fastened together means of a suitablebuckle 18.

It will be observed that the foot-plate 1 is raised intermediate itsends, as indicated by the reference character 19, the raised portionbeing formed to fitthe sole of the shoe worn by the wearer in using theskate.

As has been premised in the foregoing, but two wheels are employed inthe present skate, one wheel being arranged at the forward end andanother wheel at the rear end. As both wheels 20 and 21 are the same information, but one wheel will be described. As shown, the hub of thewheel 20 is formed of two sections 22 and 23, each section having aperipheral flange 24 and 25, between whichis secured the disk 26 bymeans of a suitable fastening 27, which pierces the flanges 24 and andthe disk 26, it being seen that the disk is provided with a centralopening which is larger than the cross-sectional diameter of the bore 28of the hub. The outer edge of the disk 26 is provided with equidistantears 29, which are bent upon a curve and at an angle to the disk andsecured to the outer face ,of the channel-shapedfelly 30 of the wheel bymeans of a suitable fastening 31, there being a solid or other rubbertire 32 fitted in the grooved rim 30 and disposed I againstdisengagement therefrom in any suitable manner. It will be observed thata tubing 33 is located within the hub to provide a boxing, between whichand the axle'34 are friction-rollers 35, the axle extending outwardly ofthe corresponding sides of the hub for a purpose presently explained.These wheels 20 and 21 are supported beneath the plate 1 by means ofpairs of brackets 36 and 37 and 38 and 39, arranged, respectively, uponopposite sides of the plate. It will be seen that the brackets areangular in formation and that each is provided with a circu' lar portionat its point of angle. Each circular portion 40 is provided with a slot41 for engagement with the corresponding nut of the corresponding aXle35. The upper extremities of the shorter angular portions (1 of thebrackets are bent and provided with a perforation b for the reception ofsuitable fastenings 42 and 43, the fastenings 42 working in the slots 4and the perforations b and secured against displacement by means ofsuitable nuts 44, the fastenings 43 working through suitableperforations 45, formed throughthe bottom of the heel-plate and the rearof the plate 1 and prevented from being displaced by means of suitablenuts 46. The longer portion a of the several brackets have their upperends bent, as at d, the bent ends of the rear brackets being pierced forthe reception of suitable fastenings 47, working in the slots 5 at theforward end of the footplate, and the bent ends of the forward bracketsbeing pierced in similar manner for the reception of fastenings 48,which work'in perforations 49 near the rear end of the footplate inadvance of the heel-plate 6. It will be observed that the longer portionof each bracket is provided with a series of perforations 50, therebeing a suitable fastening 51 passed through alining perforations of thebracket interchangeably to secure the corresponding brackets of each settogether,

It has been stated above that the wheels 20 and 21 can be adjustedtoward and away from each other. Now in order to accomplish thisadjustment the bent ends of the portions a of the forward brackets maybe adjusted to any point along the line of the slots 4, as may also thebent ends d of the longer portions 0 of the rear brackets in the slots5, there being pairs of perforations 52 and 53 formed at the rear of thefoot-plate 1 to permit of the adjustment of the opposite ends of thebrackets.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my improved skate is of acomparatively simple nature and that the wheels may be adjusted withrespect to each other and the foot-plate as may be desired. Of coursewhen the wheels are adjusted toward and away from each other thefastening 51 of the corresponding brackets at each side of the skate maybe adjusted through the corresponding perforations of each pair ofbrackets at their intermediate point of crossing, as well understood.

, What is claimed is 1. A roller-skate comprising a foot-plate; securin-straps connected to the forward and rear en s of the plate; and a pairof brackets arranged upon opposite sides of the foot plate and extendinglongitudinally thereof; a wheel supported at each end of the f oot-platein said brackets; and means whereby the brackets may be adjusted todispose the said wheels toward and away from each other.

2. A roller-skate comprising a foot-plate; having an intermediate restportion; a pair of brackets arranged upon each side of the footplate andextending longitudinally thereof; a wheel supported to each end of thefootplate in said brackets; means whereby the rackets may be adjusted todispose the wheels toward and away from each other; and means forsecuring the skate to the foot of the wearer.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOBERT R. JONES.

Witnesses I CLARA E. KELLOGG, CATHERINE A. PORTER.

